Enlil held the Tablets of Destiny as their guardian, before they were stolen by the monstrous bird Anzu.
Anzu, the lion-headed storm bird, stole the Tablets of Destiny from Enlil while he bathed, seizing supreme power over the cosmos.
Tiamat fastened the Tablet of Destinies upon Kingu's breast, granting him supreme authority over fate itself, but after Marduk's victory the tablet was stripped from the defeated general and seized as a trophy of cosmic war.
Marduk claimed the Tablets of Destiny from Kingu after defeating Tiamat's forces in the Enuma Elish. Possession of the Tablets confirmed his supreme authority over the gods and the cosmic order.
Each New Year at the Akitu festival, Nabu traveled from Borsippa to Babylon to inscribe the fates of gods and mortals onto the Tablets of Destiny. Once his reed stylus touched the clay, the decree was sealed and irrevocable.
Ninurta retrieved the Tablets of Destiny after defeating the monstrous bird Anzu in aerial combat, restoring cosmic order to the gods.
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